The temperature on April 14, 1920 was between 6.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
Day of marriage August 21, 1948
The temperature on August 21, 1948 was between 10.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
September 13 » Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.
Day of death May 5, 1986
The temperature on May 5, 1986 was between 7.9 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
July 2 » Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
September 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
October 5 » Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
November 3 » Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
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